Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-09-13
TURN OUT THE BRAWLERS.
Strong Resolutions on the Wheeling Iucl-
dent by the Carlisle Post.

Strong Resolutions on the wheeling Iucl-
dent by the Carlisle Post.
PHILADELPHIA, September 12.-The
old soldiers of Carlisle have hOuOred them
selves and their organization by entering
q solemn protest against the rawlings Of the
Tuttles and the Fsirchilds. At a meeting
of Captain Colwell Post, No. 2O1, held on
Thursday last, the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the members of this post
view with regret the attempt by certain
unscrupulous political demagogues to de-
base the G. A. X. by converting it into a
political machine. The G. A. r. is SC
eial organization composed OF ex-soldiers
of all political creeds, formed for the pur-
pose of preserving and strengthening the
fraternal feelings formed amidst the
smoke of battle, to perpetuate the
memory and history Of their
fallen comrades, to assist former comrades
in arms who need their help, to aid in the
care and protection Of widows and orphans
of deceased soldiers, and to encourage the
spread of universal liberty, equal rights
and Justice to all mel, and not fer the pur-
pose of sustaining any political party. I'm
fortunately it contains within its numbers
a few men who entered the army as they
entered every other occupatiOn-for per-
sOual gain, and these men are willing to
prostitute the whole organization toaccom-
plish their own selfish purposes and to gain
nOtoriety.
ResolUed, That we do not justify the G.
A. r. men who at Wheeling, Va, so far
forgot their manhood as to allow them
selves TO he used as political foot balls.
B. X. GOODYEAR, Post Commander.
Attest: J. B. HAvERSTICK, Adjutant.
The Times (Ind. says: There can be
no mistake about the meaning OF these res
olutiOns. The Carlisle Post thoroughly
appreciates the danger TO which its great
organization has been exposed by Tuttle
and Fairchild and their hOt-headed admir-
ers. So long as the Grand Army shall
remain fraternai and charitable orSaniza-
ton there is no one vino will not admire
and honor it, but the moment it shall cast
it's lot with the brawlers OF partisan poll
tics its disintegratiOn must gin. A few
more insane utteEances from FairChild and
Tuttle, few more repetitions OF the
Wheeling incident and the fate of the
Grand Army will be sealed.
The soldiers Of Carlisle have taken the
only step they could take to halt the
INSCRIPTIONS political demagogues, and
where they have led others can and should
follow. This is DO time for sectional
hatred 40 one bat the hrawlers desire
to reopen the sores which would have
long ago been healed forever but for them.
North and South are bound together by
bonds of good feeling and business pros
perity, and only the partisan politicians,
who hesitate at nothing to gain their ends,
would have it otherwise.
at is time that all who have the well
fare of the Grand Army at heart should
understand this. The brawlers who would
| lead it TO destruction should be squelched
so summarily that they will not dare to
show their heads again. The soldiers of
Carlisle have sounded the advance, and
have honored themselves by doing so.
! Turn the brawlers out"